| 单词 |
denotate |
| 释义 |
† denotate, v. Obs.|ˈdiːnəʊteɪt|
[f. ppl. stem of L. dēnōtāre to denote: cf. connotate vb.]
1. To note down, particularize, describe; to mark out, indicate; = denote 1, 2.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke Contents, In the fifth..Parte, are sett downe, and denotated vnto us certaine kindes of precious Medicamentes. 1627Sybthorpe Apost. Obed. 7 Those duties..are.. denotated in this word, ‘give’, or ‘render’. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 79 And Temeriske, to denotate himselfe a thankfull person, requites with many favours such Persians as accompanied him. 1638Ibid. (ed. 2) 214 More I have not to denotate, save that many severall conjectures..have passed, whence the Magi or wise men came. 1653R. Baillie Disswasive Vind. 11 If it fitly denotated their principal position.
2. Of things: To serve as a mark, sign, or indication of; to indicate, signify; = denote 3, 4.
1597Morley Introd. Mus. 179 Short notes and quicke motions, which denotate a kind of wantonnes. 1610W. Folkingham Art of Survey i. iii. 6 The high timbring Oake..denotates a rich and battle soile. 1618Bolton Florus To Rdr., The yeeres ‘from Rome built’—which these letters, A.U.C., do denotate. 1650T. Hubbert Pill Formality 96 All which denotate and set forth the Almighty power of God. |
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